Chicken-house



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CHICKEN HOUS'F..

APPLICATION lFILED APR. l2, |920. 1,367,416. Patented Feb. 1, 1921` 3.sHETs-sn l.

WITNESS Patented Feb. 1, 1921.

cfanos/Weszaros ATTORNEY WITNESS l. MESZAROS.

CHICKEN HOUSE.

APPLICATIQN FILED APR.121920.

1,867,416. Patented' Feb. 1, 1921.

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(LANGS IvIESZAROS, OF EAST llCEIITLSBDRO, PENNSYLVANIA.

CHCKEN-HO'USE.

Application filed Apri*n 12,

Y 0 all whom t may conce/ra Be it known that I, danos Mnsznnos, acitizen ot' Hungary, residing at `lilast Millsboro, in the county etFayette and @tate ol Pennsylvania, have invented neu7 and use-- lulimprovements in (lhielreneHouses, of which the following is aspecification,

The present invention has reference to an improvement in poultry houses.

An object is to produce a poultry house that has associated therewith aslidalole member which, when in extended position. opens one end of thepoultry house and provides a run for the poultry, Without permitting theescape oi? the latter or subjecting them to danger from the elements' orfrom enemies.

A further object is to produce a poultry house including; a tiredsection and a movahle section which is slidahle over and away from thelined section in one direction, said movable section when in itsextended posh tion opening,- one oi the ends oi the lined section andproviding a run for the ioWls.

t further object is to produce a poultry house including;- a fixed and aslidahle section, the outer end portion of the slidahle sectionproviding one `el the. ends of the iii: d section, when the slidahlesection is in normal position on the tired section, the slidahlesection., when extended providing run tor the fools, both oi thesections lacing,-` pro vided With doors which aline, when the sectionsare in. normal posit-ion to permit access being ohtained to the linedsection of the poultry house, and the door of the slidahle sectionpermitting; access to he obtained to the run when the slidahle sectionis extended.

The foregoing', and other ohjects which will appear as the nature oi theinvention is hotter understood, may he acazomplished h f constructioncomhination and owerative arrangement oit parte, such as is disclosed hythe drawings. i

ln the dra-Wings Figure l is a perspective view showing the slidahlemember extended to provide a runway for the poultry house.

Fig. 2 is a similar view hut showing the slidahle member moved over thepoultry house, closing the open end of the latter.

Fig. 3 is an approximately central vertical longitudinal sectional View'taken through the construction illustrated 1n Fie. l.

Fig. 4 is an approximately central verti- Speclieaton 01 Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 1, 1921.

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cal transverse sectional View taken through the construction asillustrated in Fig. 2.

Fig. is a View looking toward one end of the house proper.

, i ige. 6 to 8 illustrate details.

The poultry house, constructed in accordance with .my present invention,may be of any desired size, shape and proportion, and also may he of' acollapsible nature, that is one in which the bottom may he hingedlyconnected to the sides, the end hin gedly connected to one et the sidesand having locking engagement with the other side and top which ishiuiredly connected to one of the sides and which is also latched to theopposite side.

The poultry house includes a hase l() to which is secured the sides lland 12 and the end 13. @ver the sides and end there is a top or rooil"lll which is arranged at a pitch or inclination so that water will heshed therefrom. The end i3 is hingedly secured, as at .l/l `to the sideIll and has a latching engagement, 15, with the second side l2. The side'll provided with a cutaway portion providinp` a doorway lil, the sainebeing normally closed by a preterahly slidahlc door 17.

` The poultry house, constructed as alcove described, it will he noted,produces a struc ture in which one o'lf the ends is open.` The top orroof plate le, it should he stated Vproiects a suitable distance beyondthe sides,

and il necessary beyond the ends of the house proper. The open end olithe construction is desiogned to he closed hy an end plate 18. Thisplate 18 has secured to its edges side plat-es i9. lhe side plates areoi? reticulated material, heir preferably in the natu of Wire meshseein-ed to a r itahle frame 20. The` tramo has its lower edge receivedin `.quideways 2l on the lower edges` oi the sides lil and oit the houseproper. Between the traine 20 and the open end of the house there isstop means 22 iter limiting; the outward movement el the 'trames 20 andthe end member 18 connected therewith. The 'trames are ol' a lengthwhereby, when `the same moved longitudinally over the sides of the houseproper, to bring," the end member l@ to a position to close the open endoi' the house proper. `The member 18, at its upper corners has outwardlyextending lugJ portions to which are secured longitudinally extending;plates 2li that have their lower edges provided with inturned E) li l'lOflanges 26 that are secured to the upper edges of the frames 20. To theupper edges 'of the members 20 and to' the upper' edge of the member 18there is secured a pla-te 27. This plate has one of its ends at alltimes resting on the top 14 of the poultry house proper and the same isslidable over` the said top. The elements 24 and 25 providev guide- Waysfor the projecting edges of the top 14. Theislidable member is notprovided with a base, so that the fowls are thus permitted to digg,` andgrub in the vground surrounded by the said slidable member whichincloses the runway for the fowls.

One of the frames :20 has an opening therein,- and the. Vedges of thereticulated plate 19 at the said opening' are received in a suitableframe 28. To one side of this frame there is hinged, as at 29 areticulated door 30. The door is latched as at 31 to normally close theopening, The door 30 is so positioned as to be brought directlyopposite'the door 16 when the slidable part of the construction is movedover the fixed part thereof, so that the fowls may be pery initted apassage from the house through Y these alining doorways.

lf desired `the slidable portion of the construction may have rollers atthe outer corners thereof so that the same is freely a movable throughthe .guideways provided therefor. In addition to this securing means 32is provided for locking the slidable memseotion secured to the outerends the reticulated side plates and to ber on the permanent member, andit is thought that the foregoing description, when taken in connectionwith the drawings will fully set forth the construction and advantagesthereof to those skilled in the art to which such inventions relates.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is poultry housecomprising' a iixed section having' an open end and a movable sec tionslidable over the fixed section, said fixed section having guides on thesides thereof, a doorway in one of said sides, a door for closing thedoorway, said movable section including reticulated side plates arrangedin the Guides on the sides of the lixcd section, one of said plateshaving a loorwayv registering with the doorwayv of the lixed section, adoor closing the last mentioned doorway, a plate on the end of themovable of the reticulated side plates.r outwardly lugs on the uppercorners of the tioned plate, U-shaped member last nienecurcd lo saidlugs. and a top plate for the movable section secured to the saidU-shaped members and overlying the top of the fixed section, and rollerson the outer and lower ends of the reticulated side plates of themovable section.

In testimony whereof I aliix mv signature JANos Mnsziinos.

